ebeh: reed, papyrus Original Word: אֵ֫בֶה Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Transliteration: ebeh Phonetic Spelling: (ay-beh') Short Definition: reed
Word Origin from abah Definition reed, papyrus NASB Word Usage reed (1). אֵ֫בֶה noun [masculine] reed, papyrus (etymology uncertain; = Arabic , Assyrian abu DlW, AGI) אֳנִיּוֺת אֵבֶ֑ה Job 9:26 (craft made of reeds, light & swift, Heliod.Aethiop. X, 460) = כְּלֵיגֹֿמֶא Isaiah 18:2. II. אבה (perhaps at least formally justified as stem of אָב (construct אֲבִי), so Thes (compare below), but existence & meaning wholly dubious; as real √ BaZMG 1887, 609 ff. Ol§ 123 c; accusative to DlW p. 22 אבה Assyrian abû = decide, אָב = he who decides; Thes (so Rob Ges NöZMG xl, 737 & compare Sta§ 186 and others) makes אָב noun primarily biliteral, imitating infant's speech compare πάππας, pappa, papa (compare Ew§ 106 a); also Assyrian bab JenZA 1886, 404).
swift From 'abah (in the sense of bending toward); the papyrus -- swift. see HEBREW 'abah
’ā·ḇū — 9 Occ. hă·yō·ḇeh — 1 Occ. ’ō·ḇîm — 1 Occ. tō·ḇê — 1 Occ. ṯō·ḇeh — 4 Occ. ṯō·ḇū — 2 Occ. way·yit·tên — 1 Occ. yō·ḇeh — 2 Occ. yō·ḇū — 1 Occ. ’ā·ḇî — 1 Occ. ’ă·ḇō·w — 1 Occ. ’ă·ḇū·se·ḵā — 1 Occ. ’ê·ḇūs — 2 Occ. ’iḇ·ḥaṯ- — 1 Occ. hā·’ă·ḇaṭ·ṭi·ḥîm — 1 Occ. ’ă·ḇî — 1 Occ. ’ă·ḇî·’êl — 3 Occ. wa·’ă·ḇî·’ā·sāp̄ — 1 Occ. ’ā·ḇîḇ — 2 Occ. hā·’ā·ḇîḇ — 6 Occ.
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